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Mark2 -> RE: Fusion Flamenco Guitar?? (Feb. 3 2012 19:15:19)
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I've never heard anyone get a good flamenco sound in that kind of environment, especially at the club level. A concert is a bit different. If you have to have the volume, and want to attempt a flamenco tone, get the best flamenco guitar you can and put a pickup in it.
I have used a conde with a Mclish pickup and a mike. I roll off the pickup when playing rhythm, so at least there is a good tone then. With a good mike(I use a rode knockoff of the neuman 184) and reasonable overall volume levels, the mike can deliver enough volume while playing rhythm. But I don't work with a kit drummer, only a congero.
When I have to play single note solos over a rhythm section, I use a volume pedal to bring in the pickup, but at the expense of tone. With a good reverb, and a decent guitar, you can get a good lead sound, just not a flamenco sound. Sucks. Really takes a lot of the fun out of playing in that setting to me. I mean, who wants to compromise their sound?
Go do a concert and they will want to run the pickup direct, which can ruin you entirely or not depending on the quality of the engineer and the gear. If you insist and setup the mike, they will have to handle your volume changes as you use the volume pedal to roll on the pickup. In that case, separate the two signals going into the board.
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